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Trump Blocks Listing Bumblebee as Endangered
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Federal officials have delayed the first-ever listing of a bee species in the continental U.S. as endangered, one day before it was to take effect. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said January 11, it…
South St. Paul School District Notified of Sexual Abuse by Former Teacher
SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. - The South St. Paul School District has been notified of a claim of sexual abuse by a former Lincoln Elementary School teacher. Forty-year-old Aric Babbitt, was found dead along with his husband, Matthew Deyo, in…
Republicans Push for Carbon Tax to Fight Climate Change
WASHINGTON (AP) - A push by a group of senior Republican statesmen for a tax on carbon to help combat the effects of climate change is already meeting entrenched opposition from their own party. Former Secretary of State Jim Baker…
Trump Says He Would Have Won Minnesota With 1 More Visit
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 2016 election is never far from President Donald Trump's mind. When Trump met Tuesday with a group of sheriffs from around the country, he saw not just lawmen but battleground states. Trump talked about his victories…
Army to Allow Completion of Dakota Access Oil Pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The Army has notified Congress that it will allow the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota, completing the four-state project to move North Dakota oil to Illinois.…
Senate confirms Betsy DeVos for Education Department
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has confirmed school choice activist Betsy DeVos as Education secretary, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie. The Senate historian says it was the first time a vice president had to break a…
Meteor Over Lake Michigan Lights Up Sky in Several States
Videos from Lisle Police Department and Morton Grove Police GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP ) - A meteor over Lake Michigan lit up the sky Monday morning across several states in the Midwest. Dashcam video from police cruisers in Wisconsin…
Upstate New York Digging Out of 5 to 8 Feet of Lake-Effect Snow
OSCEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - State crews and local public works employees are working to remove five to eight feet of lake-effect snow that has fallen on parts of upstate New York since last week. The National Weather Service says its…
Minnesota Man Reunited with Wife, Kids Caught in Travel Ban
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota man has been reunited with his wife and two children who were caught up in President Donald Trump's travel ban. The Star Tribune reports Mohamed Iye, a Somali-born U.S. citizen who lives in Maplewood, met…
Latest on Hostage Situation at Delaware Prison, 1 Officer Dead
SMYRNA, Del. (AP) - 11:10 a.m. Authorities say inmates used "sharp instruments'' to take over a Delaware prison and hold three prison guards and a counselor hostage. One of the guards died during the nearly 24-hour ordeal. Two guards were…
Gov. Walker: White House Interested in Wisconsin Union Law
WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says he spoke with Vice President Mike Pence about how the White House can implement pieces of the Republican governor's contentious policy that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers. Union…
National Security Adviser Puts Iran "On Notice"
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's national security adviser says the administration is putting Iran "on notice" after it tested a ballistic missile. Michael Flynn told reporters Wednesday, that the Trump administration "condemns such actions by Iran that undermine security,…
Senators Spar at Hearing as Democrats Fume Over Trump Picks
WASHINGTON (AP) - Partisan tensions flared in the decorous Senate Judiciary Committee. It's a sign of simmering anger as Democrats have tried unsuccessfully to block President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks. Democratic Senator Al Franken of Minnesota and Republican Senator John…
Official: Guards Taken Hostage by Inmates at Delaware Prison
DOVER, Del. (AP) - Delaware prisons have been put on lockdown following a reported hostage taking at the state's maximum security facility. Geoffrey Klopp, president of the Correctional Officers Association of Delaware, said he had been told by the Department…
President Trump Nominates Judge Neil Gorsuch for Associate Justice
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has nominated 10th Circuit Court Judge Neil Gorsuch for associate justice of the Supreme Court. Gorsuch, 49, has served on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver since 2006, after being appointed…
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